Iron Supplementation Among Adolescent Girls in India

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2007-07-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

This study will implement and evaluate a community-based intervention to distribute and promote consumption of weekly iron-folic acid supplements and to provide nutrition education to reduce the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia among adolescent girls in West Bengal, India.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Collaborator: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Treatments: Folic Acid; Iron

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Girl 12-19 years of age

• Resides in study area

Exclusion Criteria:

• Does not reside in study area